Spinning toy



W. G. WHITELEY SPINNING TOY Filed Feb. 16, 1921 INVENTOR William Glflhifely BY ATTO yaw/W Patented July fill, l fii i.

PATENT OFF-ICE.

WILLIAM G, WHI'ILE EY, F FODN'IO NEW JERSEY;

SPINNING TOY.

To all where it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM G. WHITE- Lnr, citizen of the United States, residing at Boonton, in the county of Morris and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Spinning Toys, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

My invention relates to improvements in toys and more particularly has reference to a wire structure which may be spun as a top or used as a jack, and is so constructed that discs of colors or clock dials may be used therewith when the toy is spun so as to produce different color effects and for guessing at the time indicated when the spinning ceases.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, 1 have illustrated in Fig. 1 in perspective, a suitable form of top structure formed out of a single piece of wire. Fig. 2 indicates a disc of card or other suitable material which may be placed thereon and which may be colored if desired for producing color effect during the spinning operation. Fig. 3 in dicates a similar form of top shown in Fig. 1 011 a reduced scale, except that instead of being formed of a single piece of wire, the same may be formed upon a spindle as shown. Fig. l indicates a single piece of wire as originally formed before being curved around to form the complete top structure. Fig. 5 indicates in front elevation a suitable form of watch dial with hands loosely mounted upon an eyelet in the centre of the same. Fig. 6 is an end view looking from left to right at Fig. 5. Fig. 7 is a front elevation of the dial. Fig. 8 is an enlarged longitudinal View of the eyelet, and Fig. 9 one of the handswhich may be formed out of wire.

Referring now to Fig. 1, it will be observed that a single piece of wire first formed as shown in Fig. 1 may be curved around producing the structure shown in Fig. 1, and if desired a drop of solder may be 7 applied as indicated at 10. The segmental space 11 is provided to insure proper balance of the structure when spinning. The wire omitted from the periphery is compensated for by the radial extensions 1213, thus producing a proper balance to insure good spinning of the toy. Either end 14; or 15 may be used as the spinning point or peg, the other end serving as a spindle or finger i App ication as. Febru y 16, 1921.. Seria.11i"0.445,313.

piece for spinning the same, and upon which a disc such as 16, shown to better advantage in Fig. 2, may be placed, the hole 1'? serving for the introduction of the spindle 141 or 15.

In the modification shown in Fig. 3, a, straight single spindle 18 may be employed and the body of the top may be formed of a. separate curved piece of wire which may be suitably secured at 19 tothe spindle as shown. In the blank shown in Fig. 4c, the long stretch 20 of the wire forms the circular portion such as 1 indicated at 20 in Fig. 1 and the short lateral projections 11 are bent inwardly from the ring or periphery of the top as shown in Fig. 1, the ends 14-15 serving as the spinning point and spindle respectively.

Referring now more particularly to Fi 5, it will be observed that a disc similar to that shown in Fig. 2 may be printed or; marked to illustrate a dial as shown in Fig. 7, and the spindle 14 or 15 may be provided with an eyelet such as shown in Fig. 8 before one of the flanges such as 21 is turned over. Also hands such as 22-28, shown in Fig. 9 may be loosely mounted upon the eyelet so as to rotate freely thereupon, after which the straight end of the eyelet may be clinched or turned up as shown at 24 in Fig. 6, thus serving to retain the hands upon the face of the dial while leaving them free to rotate. With a dial of this kind slipped over one of the ends 14 or 15 of the top, it may be readily spun upon the other end as a peg and the time guessed so that when it comes to rest, the time indicated will show how closely the guess has: been made. The small tops have also been found desirable as a convenient form of jack to be played with in a well known manner by bouncing a ball and gathering up one or more according to preference in playing the game, thus rendering the toy more or less universally adaptable for various forms of amusement, while at the same time being constructed cheaply.

Of course it will be understood that varione modifications may be made in the con ially to form a. peg, and the other end of said wire extending oppositely in alignment therewith to form a finger piece.

2. In a spinning device of the class described, a fabricated structure entirely of wire having a substantially circular body portion, one end of said wire projecting axially to form peg, and the other end of said wire extending oppositely in alignment therewith to form a finger piece, said body portion formed with a segmental gap.

3. In a spinning device of the class described, a fabricated Wire structure having a body portion and a projecting element e3:- tending beyond both sides through the axial centre thereof, said device formed of an in tegral piece of wire, and in combination therewith, adisc adapted to be rotatably mounted upon one of said projecting elements.

4. In a spinning device of the class de scribed, a fabricated wire structure having a body portion and a projecting element extending beyond both sides through the axial centre thereof, said device formed of an integral piece of wire, and in combination therewith, a disc adapted to be rotat-ably mounted upon one of said projecting elements, characters upon said disc, and a hand loosely mounted thereupon to indicate said characters.

5. In a spinning device of the class described, a. fabricated Wire structure having a body port-ion and aprojecting element extending axially beyond both sides and through the axial cent-re thereof, and in combination therewith a dial and indicator therefor, and means for retaining the same in operative relation, said means being adapted to fit over said projecting element.

'6. In combination with a spinning top, a dial and an indicator therefor, means in combination with said dial and indicator for retaining the same in operative relation, said means being adapted to be placed upon and removed from said top without removing any of the parts of said top.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my signature.

WVILLIAM G. l/VI-IITELEY. 

